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Can you explain more your "loss leader" comment.

What's the background on why that comment was being made?

Supposedly Bezos liked being a part of Hollywood, meeting the celebrities, being at the parties, and potentially meeting women.

I always took the last part to be an exaggeration, but it did sound like he cut the division a lot of slack on spending because he liked the idea of it.

Part of a VERY long history of non-media companies buying studios and regretting it later. It’s sexy and sounds good until you get into the actual business part, which is terrible.

>it did sound like he cut the division a lot of slack on spending because he liked the idea of it.

My understanding is that Bezos approved Amazon taking over the airing of the canceled The Expanse because he likes the book series the show is based on.

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